mod_rewrite - simple rule

[the_michael_77]

Hi guys,

I'm newbie to using apache mod_rewrite. I've tried to create the rule that replace the domain only for URL that are longer than www.mydomain.com or not ending with .php. If that the case I would like to replace the domain. For instance:

1) http://www.mydomain1.com/Object/Subobject should be changed to
www.mydomain2.com/Object/Subobject

2) http://mydomain1/com/Objects also shlould be modified , into:
http://mydomain2/com/Objects

but urls like:
http://www.mydomain1.com , http://mydomain1.com/ , http://www.mydomain1.com/something.php, http://mydomain1.com/something.php

should stay with no change. What would be the entry to .htaccess for such rules ?

[the_michael_77]

I studied quite few tutorials and now I think I know basics. I prepared the rules for that

version1:

1) RewriteEngine On
2) RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !php$
3) RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^$
4) RewriteRule .? http://www.mydomain2.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R]


version2:

1) RewriteEngine On
2) RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !php$
3) RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^mydomain1\.com/?$
4) RewriteRule .? http://www.mydomain2.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R]

2) pass through if URL doesn't end with php
3) pass through if there is nothing after domain name

Any idea why none of above is working ?
RewriteRule works fine, but RewriteCond not.

[the_michael_77]

I figured out where the problem was. At RewriteRule the RegExp applies only to the part of URL after host name which was very hard to find. The correct entry looks as follows:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !php$
RewriteRule (.+) http://www.mydomain2.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R]

The key point was (.+) which means 1 or more chars after the domain what guaranties that the RewriteRule will take an effect if there will be anything after www.domain1.com/